swam Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb travel through water
   swim.
   
   • We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore
   • a big fish was swimming in the tank
2. verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
   swim; float.
   
3. verb be dizzy or giddy
   swim.
   
   • my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne
4. verb be covered with or submerged in a liquid
   swim; drown.
   
   • the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
5. verb move as if gliding through water
   swim.
   
   • this snake swims through the soil where it lives

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